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Where does “()sif” come from?

()sif (Old High German) comes from Old High German sib, from Proto-Germanic sibi.

Ancestry of “()sif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansibsieve
2Proto-Germanicsibi—

Words derived from “()sif”

  • sif
  • Siff
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